Visiting the exhibition in Auschwitz I Birkenau - the Heart of the Death Camp "Honoring" the Righteous Gentile and the witnesses

Ventilazia: on the road again

- day six Touching the icons of death: Majdanek

- day seven The visit to Majdanek

Entering the site

The gas chambers

Shoes as relics: odour and authenticity

"We're the same children who were there at the end"

Closing the circle: the final evening discussion

Going home: From Warsaw to Tel Aviv

- day eight Confronting the not-yet-dead Diaspora

The route of victory

Final ceremony: the little guy sends us on our way!

Chapter 5. The ceremonies of the Poland voyagesIntroduction: What makes ceremonies different?Contexts of voyage ceremonies

School ceremonies in Poland and Israel

Sites, times, and configurations of ceremonies

Representative examples of ceremony types

Delegation-wide ceremonies

Above the death pits, beneath the flag of Israel: the ceremony at Birkenau

Warsaw: a ceremony that failed

Bus-group ceremonies: "Every person has a name"

Individual ritual acts

"Honoring" ceremonies for Righteous Gentiles and witnesses

Religious texts and the commemorative ceremoniesThe close of the ceremony: Hatikvah and the flagCeremonies as "triggers": group crying and consolation

The ceremonies: Conclusions

Chapter 6. Homecoming - the transmission of Holocaust memory and Jewish-Israeli IdentityBecoming a witness - the aftermath of the voyage

Transmitting the voyage experience

Talking about the voyage: Conversations with classmates, family, and survivors

Presentations: Albums, videos, ceremonies, and the future of "witnessing"

Subsequent effects of the voyage on participants

Changes in attitudes towards Jewish tradition and the Diaspora

The voyage and Polish others

The voyage and dedication to the nation

Dedication to the flag and students' political opinions

Survival by proxy and service in the Israeli army

The future of the Israeli voyages to Poland

Chapter 7. Holocaust memory, national identity, and transformative ritualConclusions: Poland voyages as national pilgrimagesCosmopolitan and nationalist memories of the Shoah in the ages of representationsThe Poland voyages and modern state ritual: An event that models promoted by a bureaucracy